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Jones died in Seattle on November 19, 1932, shortly after losing reelection to his Senate seat, but before his final term had expired. [8] A replacement was appointed to serve until the winner of the election took office in 1933. His ashes were interred at Bonney-Watson Mortuary in Seattle. [8]
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Born in Seattle in 1918, Watson and twin brother Clement were the sons of Garfield and Lena McWhirt. [1] Emmett's mother and twin brother died of Spanish Influenza the following year; his father, an itinerant laborer unable to care for his 14-month-old son, arranged for Emmett's adoption by long-time friends John and Elizabeth Watson of West Seattle.
George Frederick Frye – Seattle pioneer and politician; Edgar Gott – aviation pioneer, first president of Boeing; Carl F. Gould – architect, educator; George Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; John "DOK" Hager – cartoonist for the Seattle Daily Times; Alex Haley – writer, author of Roots
Richard Joseph "Dick" Davisson (December 29, 1922 – June 15, 2004) was an American physicist.. Davisson was the son of Clinton Davisson, a Nobel laureate, and his wife Charlotte; Davisson's maternal uncle, Sir Owen Richardson, was also a Nobel laureate.
He eventually became a judge and public servant, serving as Justice of the Peace in Kitsap County (1934-1936), acting Seattle municipal judge (1942), assistant United States Attorney for Western Washington (1942-1948), and King County Superior Court judge (1948).
Judy Johnson was born Betty Bonney on March 8, 1924 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [2] In the late 1930s, Johnson and her family moved to Nutley, New Jersey, and while there she learned tap dancing. After two years, they moved back to Norfolk. There she began singing on a radio station and began singing with a band at age 11. [1]
Bonney's later career included service in Nicaragua in 1912, the Mexican intervention in 1914 and World War I. He retired from the Navy in 1930 the warrant officer rank of chief machinist. [3] Bonney returned to active duty during World War II and was promoted to lieutenant. He served as an inspector of shipyards in Seattle, Washington. He ...